Tank lever



April 14, 1925. 1,533,748

D. W. M0 N EIL TANK LEVER Filed March 2, 1922 gnuenl'oz Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STA 'nzs PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL w. MONEIL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOIt TO THE JOHN DOUGLAS COM- ?ANY,OF CINCINNATI, OHIO A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

TANK LEVER.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. McNaIL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Tank Lever, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tank levers such as are employed on flush bowls and the like.

Heretofore it has been the practice to form in the forward wall of the tanks accompanying flush bowls, an angular perforation, thru which perforation part of the tank lever extends. That portion of the tank lever which is retained in the angular portion of the perforation, must be of a shape and size such that the walls of the perforation preclude rotatory motion of such contained portion of the lever. The porcelain tanks, generally used with these devices, are fired after this erforation is formed, and as a result of t e firing, the perforation is varied both in size and shape, thereby entailing considerable labor and effort in fitting the lever in such perforation. For this reason, it is impossible to make a standard stock lever which will fit all of these perforations.

An object of my invention is to provide a lever and mounting therefor, such as will minimize this labor and effort necessary to mount the lever upon the tank.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the type referred to which is simple in operation and construction, and which may be applied to a tank in a minimum of time.

Another object is to provide a structure which will permit stock production of levers which levers may be applied without further reshaping of the lever.

These and other objects are obtained by means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmental front elevation of a flush bowl and tank, upon which tank is mounted a lever embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 2-2 of 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of a fragment of a tank and lever embodying. my invention.

In forming the tank 4, the aperture 5 is made considerably larger than 1s necessary to permit mounting therein of the threaded head 6 of the sleeve 7. In fact the perforation 5 is made so lar e that after. the tank is fired, the head 6 of the sleeve will be spaced at considerable distance from the walls of the perforation 5 as shown in Fig. 2. At the time the tank 4 is formed, a notch 8 is formed in the tank, preferably at the upper edge 9 of such tank. The notch 8 may be formed in any manner and generally comprises any sort of a depression in the inner wall of the tank 4,'into which notch or depression a finger 10 formed on the sleeve may enter. A flange 11 is formed on the sleeve 7, adjacent the head 6 thereof, and is adapted to lie upon the inner wall of the tank 4:, suitable packing or washers 12 being mounted on the sleeve and lying between the flange and the tank. The finger 10 extends from. this flange, and is made preferably of some metal which may be bent or formed by light hammer taps. The object of making the finger of such material is to make possible the bending of the tip 13 of the finger in such way that the tip of the finger will enter and seat in the notch 8, thereby precluding rotatory motion of the sleeve in relation to the tank. A suitable nut 14 is mounted upon the threaded head of the sleeve and secures the sleeve in position upon the tank.- A lever bar 15 extends through the sleeve 7 and nut 14 and carries on its outer or forward end, a handle 16, and on its inner end an arm 17, which arm is connected with the ball valve 18 by means of suitable links 19 and 20 as is common in the art. The sleeve adjacent its lowermost position carries a lug 21 against which the ears 22 and 23 formed on the arm 17 may abut, thereby limiting the relative rotatory motion between the sleeve and the arm 17. The inner end of the lever bar 15 is preferably screw threaded as shown at 24 and carries-a nut 25, which nut secures the lever on the inner end or head of the lever bar 15.

The" lever bar 15 has formed on it the cylindrical portions 28 and 29 whichengage the inner wall of the sleeve and serve as bearings upon which the lever bar may be oscillated.

The application of the device is self evident,- however, I desire to call attention to the finger 10, the tip 13 of which is adapted to be bent'or formed by means of a pair of I the tank.

What I claim is:

The combination with a vitreous tank having a perforation through one wall thereof and a notch at the upper edge of 10 said well, of a sleeve extending through the perforation, comprising a finger of a metal bendable by light hammer blows, the bent end of the finger adapted to enter the notch for precluding turning of the sleeve in the perforation, the outer end of the sleeve being threaded, the inner end of the sleeve carrying a lug, anut mounted on the threaded end of the sleeve for holding the sleeve in the perforation, a. level bar extending through the sleeve and carryin a handle at its outer end, and an arm fixed y mounted on the inner end of the lever bar and having an elongated arcuate notch therein for receiving the lug on the sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day of F ebruary, 1922.

DANIEL W. MoNEIL. 

